Rolling d66 - what's that?

[CyborgPrime]

d66? What the heck is that? A giant golfball die? Nope!

Learn how to generate 36 numbers using just 2 regular 6-sided dice - great for expansion tables:
https://www.cyborgprime.com/traveller-rpg-blog/how-to-roll-d66-using-common-6-sided-dice

 

[ShawnDriscoll]

I think we're being trolled here.

 

[Sigtrygg]

I haven't looked closely enough at the MgT2e rules, does it use the d66 roll often?

I know CT uses it a lot for encounter matrices and I have used it in the past to generate hit locations for ships and vehicles...

 

[Linwood]

Mostly the trade and encounter tables in the core rulebooks. I think there's a few others in the supplements.

 

[Condottiere]

As I recall:

1. 2D6 - bell curve, not to be confused with distributor of expensive bath water

2. D66 - even distribution, socialism in action

 

[Sigtrygg]

2d6 is not a bell curve, it is a triangular distribution.

 

[Linwood]

Because the slope is a constant on both sides of the apex?

 

[GamingGlen]

I know most of you don't know of any other die type, but the d88 could be useful, the d1010 is used in many games although I don't believe anyone calls it that.

However, I doubt anyone wants to use the d2020 table ever again.

 

[Condottiere]

It still slopes.

And while she's perky, it would miss the humour.

 

[Bense]

Page 5 of the core rulebook:

D66: This is shorthand for a special way of rolling two six-sided dice. Before rolling nominate one die as the ‘tens’ die and one as the ‘units’ die, to give you a two-digit number between 11 and 66. Some numbers cannot be rolled on a d66 (any number with a 7 or higher in it), giving you a total of 36 possible outcomes